Media releases

• Brock Badgers head back downtown for Steel Blade Classic

  Friday, July 28, 2017 | By ddakin

  MEDIA RELEASE: 28 July 2017 – R00137

  The Brock Badgers are ready to put the Guelph Gryphons on ice.

  For the second year in a row, the Steel Blade Classic hockey game will return to the Meridian Centre in downtown St. Catharines on Friday, Sept. 15, when the Badgers men’s hockey team will take on their rivals from Guelph.

  Last year this one-game, winner-take-all showdown drew a record crowd of 3,532 people who saw the Badgers edge the Gryphons in a 4-3 thriller.

  This year marks the 19th edition of the Steel Blade, which has become one of the showcase events of Brock’s Homecoming weekend.

  To enrich the fan experience for the 7 p.m. game, there will again be a Homecoming Tailgate Party starting at 4 p.m. in the parking lot of the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, across from the Meridian Centre.

  The tailgate party is free and open to the public, and will feature music, a barbecue, beer tent, an interactive game from Warrior Hockey and more.

  “The Homecoming Tailgate Party and the Steel Blade game have quickly become one of the biggest events on the Brock University calendar,” said Neil Lumsden, Director, Brock Sports. “Last year’s event set the tone with a record crowd and a fantastic hockey game, and we’re expecting an even bigger event this year.”

  New for 2017 is the Family Zone, an end section in the Meridian Centre aimed at families with young children. There will be kid-friendly giveaways and visits from Brock mascot Boomer the Badger throughout the night.

  Tickets for the Steel Blade hockey game are now available online at www.steelbladeclassic.com. Prices are $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors.
  A limited number of free student tickets will be available from the Walker Sports Complex Welcome Desk in September.

   

  About the event

  Homecoming Tailgate Party

  Friday, Sept. 15, 4 p.m.

  Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts Parking Lot

   

  Brock Badgers vs. Guelph Gryphons Steel Blade Classic Hockey Game

  Friday, Sept. 15, 7 p.m.

  Meridian Centre

   

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

  * Dan Dakin, Media Relations Officer, Brock University ddakin@brocku.ca, 905-688-5550 x5353 or 905-347-1970

  Brock University Marketing and Communications has a full-service studio where we can provide high definition video and broadcast-quality audio.

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• Brock has an eye on the future with its next Vice-President, Research

  Friday, July 28, 2017 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELEASE: 27 July 2017 – R00136

  Brock University’s next Vice-President, Research is coming to Niagara from the academic ranks at the University of Waterloo.

  Tim Kenyon, a Philosophy professor who is also Waterloo’s Associate Dean of Arts (Research), was announced today, Thursday, July 27, as Brock’s next VP Research, by Brock’s Interim President Tom Traves.

  The appointment takes effect on Jan. 1, 2018, when Kenyon will succeed Joffre Mercier, who is leading the University’s research administration on an interim basis.

  Kenyon (PhD in Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, ’98) joined Waterloo in 2000 as an assistant professor, and by 2006, had begun a six-year run as Chair of the Philosophy Department. His achievements include the University of Waterloo Distinguished Teacher Award, and he is a three-time recipient of the University of Waterloo Outstanding Performance Award. Kenyon was also selected by his peers to serve a term as President of the Canadian Philosophy Association.

  His earlier career included a postdoctoral studies at University of Alberta as well as terms at Scotland’s University of Aberdeen and University of St. Andrews. He received his MA in Philosophy from Carleton University (’94) and an Honours BA in Philosophy from University of British Columbia (’92).

  Kenyon’s appointment at Brock culminates a search that began last winter, and was steered by an advisory committee that was chaired by Traves and included academic members from all seven of Brock’s Faculties.

  Traves said having a strong, collaborative voice in the VP, Research office is a critical piece of the leadership structure that will be needed to guide Brock into a major new phase of growth and success.

  “The Vice-President, Research must provide leadership and vision in shaping Brock’s strategic research direction, and continuing its transformation as a research-intensive university,” said Traves.

  Kenyon said he is excited about coming to the Niagara region and helping colleagues advance Brock to its next level as a home of dynamic, comprehensive research.

  “The fundamental purpose of research administration is a simple one,” said Kenyon. “It is to enable all scholars and investigators to make good on their research aspirations.

  “My job is to make sure that researchers have the support to do the things that they’re great at. It’s a matter of providing the conditions for your colleagues to be their best.”

   

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

  * Dan Dakin, Media Relations Officer, Brock University ddakin@brocku.ca, 905-688-5550 x5353 or 905-347-1970

  Brock University Marketing and Communications has a full-service studio where we can provide high definition video and broadcast-quality audio.

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